Dispensary

ADHS review of dispensary registration certificate

Registration applications

Certificate
Allocation Process
(Please refer to A.A.C. R9-17-302 for more
information) ADHS will only accept
applications for 30
days beginning June
1, 2011

CHAAs
(only one dispensary per CHAA)

Cities with more than one ADHS determines which

CHAA may request a dispensary registration
reassignment from one CHAA certificate applications are
to another CHAA under complete by 60 days after
same jurisdiction of city or June 1, 2011.
town 30 days after June 1,
2011

If only 1 complete and in If more than 1 complete and in

compliance registration compliance registration certificate
certificate application is application is received for a CHAA:
received for a CHAA:

ADHS to begin registration

certificate application evaluation
process to determine allocation
STOP of certificate

ALLOCATE CERTIFICATE

Review registration certificate

applications for the CHAA to
determine if:

STOP
a. Submitted state If only 1 dispensary
resident personal registration application ALLOCATE CERTIFICATE
income tax returns meets the criteria :
for the previous
three years

b.
• Is current on paying If none of the dispensary The Department shall
court-ordered child registration applications randomly select one
support meet the criteria : dispensary registration
• Does not have application

1.Applicant, principal officer, or a unpaid taxes,

board member associated with a interest, or penalties
dispensary registration certification due to a
If more than 1 of the
application meet criteria: governmental
dispensary registration
agency
applications meet the
•Does not have an
criteria , the
unpaid judgment
department shall review *Note: Continue down the chain/list
due to a
the next set of criteria (#1b-d ) of criteria until a certificate
2. If a certificate could not be governmental
until allocation is can be allocated. If a certificate can
allocated based on the criteria in agency
granted*
#1a-d, documentation of • Is not in default on not be allocated based on the
$150,000 to begin operating the a government-issued criteria in #1a-d, move on to criteria
dispensary student loan #2.

c. Any individual
who has 20% or
more interest in
the dispensary is
the applicant or a
principal officer or
If more than 1 of the board member of
dispensary registration the dispensary
applications meets all criteria
(#1a-d), and demonstrates
$150,000 available for the d. Has not filed for
dispensary then: personal bankruptcy
or been a principal
officer of a business
entity that filed for
bankruptcy

STOP
If only 1 dispensary
registration application ALLOCATE CERTIFICATE
meets the criteria :

If none of the dispensary The Department shall

registration applications randomly select one
meet the criteria : dispensary registration
application

If more than 1 of the

dispensary registration
applications meet the
criteria:

Medical Marijuana Program

www.azdhs.gov/medicalmarijuana
Updated 4.13.11
Flow chart information is subject to change. Please check the ADHS website for the most current information.